Wayne Koide’s Encore Wins Offshore Racing Rule West Coast Championship Series – Northern Division

NEWPORT, R.I. - Nov. 3, 2015 - PRLog -- The Offshore Racing Association (ORA) along with the Offshore Racing Rule (ORR) announced the winners of the 2015 ORR West Coast Championship Series – Northern Division. In first place was Wayne Koide’s Encore, a Sydney 36. Coming in second was Scorpio owned by James Mullarney and rounding out the top three, was Swiftsure owned by Sy Kleinman. Over 40 boats qualified for scoring in this year’s series and the winning boats were the fastest boats in a variety of conditions and races.

Northern Series Winners

• First Place:  Encore - USA 3632 - owned by Wayne Koide

• Second Place:  Scorpio - USA 28900 - owned by James Mullarney

• Third Place:  Swiftsure - USA 16 - owned by Sy Kleinman

The top three finishers of the Northern Series are all first-time ORR Championship Series winners. Wayne Koide, owner of the top boat in the Northern Series, stated, “ORR is a measurement rule which seems more objective (and) … has been an overall positive for handicap racing. The difference in corrected time (under ORR) in one race was as little as one second with our closest competitor.” Koide continues, “One second made the difference between us leading by two points or only being ahead on the tie-breaker. If boats are racing this closely, the Offshore Rating Rule must work. Because of how close these races are, you really feel like you are earning your keep when you actually manage to win a race under the ORR rule.”

The Offshore Racing Rule West Coast Championship Series began in 2013. The 2015 Northern Series included:  the Swiftsure Regatta, the Aldo Alessio Regatta, and the Rolex Big Boat Series. Races that are included in the Championship Series are not required to run under ORR by race organizers as boats are re-scored as long as they hold a valid ORR certificate. The Offshore Racing Rule welcomes all types of boat owners and cruiser-racers.

ABOUT ORA and ORR
The Offshore Racing Association (ORA) owns and administers the Offshore Racing Rule (ORR). ORR is intended to be a non-type forming measurement rule that fairly rates properly designed and prepared boats equipped for offshore racing. ORR has the ability to rate Grand Prix Racers against the Racer Cruiser or Cruiser. The VPP technology is the best available worldwide, continually improving as it incorporates systematic research and scientific methods in predicting relative time allowances between boats of different sizes, types and ages to achieve the fairest possible ratings.

The ORR continues its strong growth and is now used in the following events: TransPac Race, Newport Bermuda Race, Chicago Mac Race, Pacific Cup, Ensenada Race, NYYC Annual Regatta, Rolex Big Boat, Puerto Vallarta Race, Cabo Race, Marion Bermuda Race, Aldo Alessio Race, Corum Cup, Verve Cup, Islands Race, Annapolis to Newport Race, Phyllis Kleinman Swiftsure Cup, Mexorc, Ocean Race North, Marblehead to Halifax Race, Hamilton Trophy, The Corinthians Yacht Race, Ft. Lauderdale to Charleston Race, Charleston Race Week, Fast 50 Class, SoCal 300 and many more.